Posted Tue Jul 1, 2008 5:19pm PDT
Nothing says entertainment like the sound of a thousand hands clapping--out of time. Oddly, however, rock n’ roll does yield many great live albums. Tim Hardin, a doomsayer like Nico and a country guy by the name of Johnny Cash--Hendrix aside, has
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Posted Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:36pm PDT
Blondie is back! While new bands struggle to get anyone to pay attention to them, bands with any kind of past track record--“heritage” acts I’m told--go out and capture that audience share with a re-tooling of memories. Never trust anyone over
Posted Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:35pm PDT
Judas Priest are clearly one of heavy metal's most notable bands if only because in true metal spirit they never die. But the most enjoyable aspect of heavy metal isn't the power or the loudness, it's the endless, fruitless discussion over what actua
Posted Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:58pm PDT
With Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton both releasing new albums, it's apparent that music legends can live forever. Either by producing new music or having an estate that knows how to keep the legend alive, so to speak. In order to qualify for this list,
Posted Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:33am PDT
Would a rose smell any sweeter if it had been named a bowel evacuator? It'd be a little odd. Celebrities often change their names because their real ones suck. Or they know no one will remember it.
Posted Mon Jun 9, 2008 5:31pm PDT
Growing up in the shadow of fame and greatness has to be unusual. People want to know you because your mom or dad is so cool? Going into the family trade is risky business.
Posted Tue Jun 3, 2008 12:54pm PDT
With Weezer out with a new album, it reminded us here at List Of the Day that there were other bands that also existed in the 1990s. And most of them, regardless of what they sounded like, got marketed as "indie" (even if on a major label), alternati
Posted Mon Jun 2, 2008 12:33pm PDT
Just got the sad news that Bo Diddley has left the building. His influence was overwhelming. He invented and perfected the "Bo Diddley" beat, which roughly translates into "Shave-and-a-haircut-two-bits."
Posted Thu May 29, 2008 11:17am PDT
I'm told that the good folks over at Rolling Stone.com have launched a list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs as a feature at their site. List of the Day now undertakes the task of picking out 25 infamous guitar riffs that depending on your era were a
Posted Wed May 28, 2008 8:55am PDT
Most bands are doomed to break up anyhow. Musicians go solo because they can. Solo success, however, is not guaranteed.
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